Realize 2050 has combined with Darcy Partners, according to an announcement dated October 13, 2026. The transaction is a completed merger. No financial amount was disclosed in the sources.
In the announcement, the incoming CEO of Darcy Power, described as Darcy Partners' new business unit for power and utilities, said he is stepping into that role. Sam Long, CEO of Darcy Partners, and Phil Kantor were credited in the announcement with growing Darcy Partners to what it is today.
According to the source, Darcy has spent years helping more than 30 utilities turn information into knowledge to support critical technology decisions. Its member utilities openly share learnings, supported by qualitative data from Darcy, including benchmarking and vendor interviews, on who deployed what and how it went. The source states that Darcy allows utilities that prefer to go second to see who blazed the trail, what happened, and what was learned, and serves as a platform for forward-leaning utilities to work together on transforming the power and utilities sector.
The announcement says Realize 2050 builds on that foundation by fitting knowledge to an individual utility's use case, helping it make data-driven technology decisions, and thinking like a profit-maximizing company. It states that at most utilities this work is split across R&D and innovation, grid modernization, procurement, and IT, with pilots divorced from deployment. Together, the source says, Darcy and Realize can be an "office of advanced technology" that connects these functions, helping set the roadmap, select vendors, and ensure value flows back to the utility and its customers.
The announcement states that Realize clients and Darcy members keep their existing teams, brands, and capabilities, and each now has the opportunity to benefit from the other's expertise. It also says the combined organization is hiring.